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Guatemala
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
GUATEMALA VS NIGERIA

Compare Guatemala and Nigeria health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Nigeria
COUNTRY #2
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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Guatemala Population Pyramid
3,114,956
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
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Nigeria Population Pyramid
37,859,750
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guatemala GUATEMALA   Nigeria NIGERIA
  Guatemala GUATEMALA   Nigeria NIGERIA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
45.2
46.6
45.9
110
117
116
  
37.2
40.3
38.7
157
151
153
1970
51.0
53.8
52.4
111
114
113
  
40.6
43.7
42.1
158
155
158
1980
55.4
59.5
57.4
120
118
117
  
43.8
46.9
45.3
160
159
159
1990
59.6
65.5
62.5
122
117
117
  
46.0
48.6
47.2
170
170
170
2000
64.3
71.0
67.7
108
103
104
  
46.2
48.1
47.1
174
175
175
2010
67.3
74.0
70.7
104
100
100
  
51.2
52.9
52.0
175
176
176
2019
69.0
75.0
72.0
112
105
110
  
61.2
64.1
62.6
160
169
167
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guatemala GUATEMALA   Nigeria NIGERIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.0
75.0
112
105
61.2
64.1
160
169
Age
69.0
75.0
112
105
61.2
64.1
160
169
Age 5
70.8
76.7
111
100
69.5
71.9
128
140
Age 10
70.9
76.8
112
100
70.4
72.7
120
138
Age 15
71.1
76.9
111
100
70.9
73.1
117
136
Age 20
71.6
77.2
109
100
71.2
73.4
116
136
Age 25
72.4
77.4
100
97
71.6
73.7
116
136
Age 30
73.2
77.7
95
95
72.0
74.1
115
136
Age 35
73.9
78.0
91
95
72.5
74.6
112
135
Age 40
74.7
78.3
86
94
73.2
75.2
109
135
Age 45
75.6
78.8
80
95
74.1
75.9
104
136
Age 50
76.6
79.4
78
94
75.1
76.8
101
133
Age 55
77.9
80.2
74
93
76.2
77.7
95
136
Age 60
79.4
81.4
63
89
77.6
78.9
95
136
Age 65
81.0
82.8
62
80
79.3
80.3
94
133
Age 70
83.1
84.6
55
65
81.3
82.1
101
130
Age 75
85.1
86.2
58
66
83.8
84.4
93
126
Age 80
87.4
88.4
58
58
86.7
87.1
88
107
Age 85
90.0
90.8
78
63
90.0
90.4
81
94
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guatemala GUATEMALA   Nigeria NIGERIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
85.26
127
100.91
107
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
70.32
51
98.12
28
3. Diabetes Mellitus
63.24
23
33.50
82
4. Kidney Disease
55.14
8
23.87
88
5. Liver Disease
48.70
12
41.99
21
6. Stroke
42.01
137
88.68
86
7. Violence
27.04
13
11.97
42
8. Road Traffic Accidents
26.54
56
27.25
54
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
18.72
59
78.99
13
10. Prostate Cancer
16.99
80
20.40
63
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.66
114
19.45
59
12. Lung Disease
16.50
130
20.77
99
13. Liver Cancer
16.25
13
6.19
71
14. Other Injuries
15.26
22
10.98
56
15. Malnutrition
14.81
15
2.36
83
16. Stomach Cancer
14.12
13
2.52
169
17. Alcohol
13.98
4
1.16
106
18. Cervical Cancer
12.90
67
21.11
35
19. Falls
10.84
17
8.54
40
20. HIV/AIDS
9.24
61
26.81
36
21. Peptic Ulcer Disease
8.86
17
7.03
31
22. Breast Cancer
7.97
176
20.56
47
23. Suicide
6.23
124
6.87
117
24. Hypertension
5.92
153
16.07
103
25. Congenital Anomalies
5.53
98
11.22
5
26. Low Birth Weight
5.13
87
14.70
5
27. Birth Trauma
4.47
70
15.51
2
28. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.10
167
4.32
157
29. Leukemia
4.02
69
2.06
151
30. Endocrine Disorders
3.67
85
7.01
35
31. Lung Cancers
3.51
151
1.37
178
32. Parkinson's Disease
3.48
126
5.60
29
33. Epilepsy
2.89
33
3.25
23
34. Asthma
2.78
102
10.71
58
35. Drownings
2.75
79
2.17
107
36. Maternal Conditions
2.61
63
14.14
17
37. Pancreas Cancer
2.59
127
2.64
126
38. Tuberculosis
2.31
105
99.13
6
39. Ovary Cancer
2.09
171
3.90
112
40. Lymphomas
1.95
174
5.96
45
41. Skin Disease
1.94
72
1.64
90
42. Drug Use
1.89
50
5.81
5
43. Inflammatory/Heart
1.73
169
5.49
76
44. Skin Cancers
1.71
105
2.29
62
45. Meningitis
1.71
67
17.54
9
46. Poisonings
1.66
53
2.82
22
47. Fires
1.36
96
3.44
37
48. Oesophagus Cancer
1.31
138
0.75
171
49. Oral Cancer
1.29
168
2.44
107
50. Appendicitis
1.12
13
0.55
59
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Guatemala GUATEMALA   Nigeria NIGERIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
9,825
11.28
61,374
4.14
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
9,245
10.61
207,281
14.00
3. Diabetes Mellitus
6,932
7.96
22,497
1.52
4. Kidney Disease
6,277
7.21
18,189
1.23
5. Liver Disease
5,684
6.53
38,326
2.59
6. Stroke
4,849
5.57
57,744
3.90
7. Violence
4,411
5.06
18,407
1.24
8. Road Traffic Accidents
4,026
4.62
41,693
2.82
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,617
3.00
144,724
9.77
10. Other Injuries
2,466
2.83
22,696
1.53
11. Malnutrition
1,981
2.27
5,896
0.40
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,957
2.25
6,786
0.46
13. Lung Disease
1,901
2.18
12,569
0.85
14. Alcohol
1,799
2.07
1,031
0.07
15. Liver Cancer
1,765
2.03
5,289
0.36
16. Low Birth Weight
1,658
1.90
95,959
6.48
17. Stomach Cancer
1,570
1.80
2,129
0.14
18. Congenital Anomalies
1,517
1.74
49,696
3.36
19. Birth Trauma
1,466
1.68
100,186
6.76
20. Falls
1,371
1.57
7,528
0.51
21. HIV/AIDS
1,173
1.35
44,124
2.98
22. Suicide
1,039
1.19
7,019
0.47
23. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,029
1.18
5,846
0.39
24. Prostate Cancer
846
0.97
5,914
0.40
25. Cervical Cancer
808
0.93
10,574
0.71
26. Hypertension
679
0.78
10,692
0.72
27. Leukemia
601
0.69
2,257
0.15
28. Breast Cancer
495
0.57
11,884
0.80
29. Endocrine Disorders
486
0.56
15,799
1.07
30. Maternal Conditions
468
0.54
23,540
1.59
31. Colon-Rectum Cancers
464
0.53
4,152
0.28
32. Epilepsy
463
0.53
5,001
0.34
33. Drownings
463
0.53
6,584
0.44
34. Parkinson's Disease
393
0.45
2,473
0.17
35. Lung Cancers
391
0.45
1,295
0.09
36. Asthma
335
0.38
8,192
0.55
37. Tuberculosis
301
0.35
127,335
8.60
38. Pancreas Cancer
282
0.32
1,975
0.13
39. Poisonings
275
0.32
6,570
0.44
40. Drug Use
272
0.31
6,273
0.42
41. Meningitis
271
0.31
43,651
2.95
42. Skin Disease
232
0.27
1,468
0.10
43. Lymphomas
229
0.26
5,202
0.35
44. Inflammatory/Heart
225
0.26
4,826
0.33
45. Fires
207
0.24
7,132
0.48
46. Skin Cancers
195
0.22
1,933
0.13
47. Appendicitis
164
0.19
760
0.05
48. Oesophagus Cancer
144
0.17
560
0.04
49. Oral Cancer
142
0.16
2,238
0.15
50. Ovary Cancer
133
0.15
2,133
0.14
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guatemala GUATEMALA   Nigeria NIGERIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
16.99
80
20.40
63
2. Liver Cancer
16.25
13
6.19
71
3. Stomach Cancer
14.12
13
2.52
169
4. Cervical Cancer
12.90
67
21.11
35
5. Breast Cancer
7.97
176
20.56
47
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.10
167
4.32
157
7. Leukemia
4.02
69
2.06
151
8. Lung Cancers
3.51
151
1.37
178
9. Pancreas Cancer
2.59
127
2.64
126
10. Ovary Cancer
2.09
171
3.90
112
11. Lymphomas
1.95
174
5.96
45
12. Skin Cancers
1.71
105
2.29
62
13. Oesophagus Cancer
1.31
138
0.75
171
14. Oral Cancer
1.29
168
2.44
107
15. Bladder Cancer
0.52
179
0.81
166
16. Uterin Cancer
0.46
177
1.60
132
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.